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Continuing education and international affairs

Further education program LehramtPLUS

Manosphere

THURSDAYS FROM 4 PM IN THE LERNWERKSTATT (AR-D 7104) OR ONLINE

Who are Chads, Alphas, Red Piller, Tradwives, Stay-at-home Girlfriends, Looksmaxxers, Incels or Femcels - and what is considered 'real masculinity'? Anti-feminist online communities are increasingly shaping digital discourse and spreading misogynistic ideologies that reach young people in particular via social media. The event series "Manosphere - Antifeminisms in Schools" for student teachers sheds light on these developments and asks what challenges and intersectional feminist options for action arise from this for schools and educational practice.

The individual events can be attended independently of each other (registration deadline in unisono: 1 week before the respective date) and can be credited as part of LehramtPLUS
can be credited.

LECTURES AND SHORT WORKSHOPS

Date Title and speaker LA+
April 30, 2026
4-6 p.m.
AR-D 7104
AUFTAKT Programme presentation with film screening ("Shut Up, Bitch! The Fight for Masculinity")
Semih Mandirali and Anna Majda (event organizers)
Participation without pre-registration
2 AE
May 07, 2026
4-6 p.m.
AR-D 7104
SHORT WORKSHOP Truth(s). Power. Inequality
Merle Kondua (University of Siegen)
Link to unisono registration
3 AE
May 21, 2026
4-6 p.m.
AR-D 7104
LECTURE Radicalization and prevention of extremism - possibilities for action in direct contact with children and young people
Saskia Lanser (AJS Kinder- und Jugendschutz NRW)
Link to unisono registration
2 AE
May 28, 2026
4-6 p.m.
ONLINE
SHORT WORKSHOP Youth peer counselling by JUUUPORT - Digital sexualized violence and hate online
Greta Bernstone (JUUUPORT e.V.)
Link to unisono registration
3 AE
June 11, 2026
4-6 p.m.
AR-D 7104
SHORT WORKSHOP Images of masculinity between counseling, prevention and school
Daniel Schulte (ksd Jungen- & Männerberatung Olpe)
Link to unisono registration
3 AE
June 18, 2026
4-6 p.m.
ONLINE
LECTURE Migrant men, masculinity and media - On the construction and function of narratives
Fikri Anıl Altıntas (author and HeForShe Germany UN ambassador)
Link to unisono registration
2 AE
June 25, 2026
4-6 p.m.
AR-D 7104
LECTURE On feminism and its opponents
Eve Obier (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Link to unisono registration
2 AE
July 02, 2026
4-6 p.m.
AR-D 7104
LECTURE Masculinities in transition - From patriarchy to manosphere?
Dr. Uta Fenske (University of Siegen)
Link to unisono registration
2 AE
July 09, 2026
5-7:30 p.m.
AR-D 7104
SHORT WORKSHOP Unlearning Anti-Feminism on TikTok - Methodical approaches to political media education for the classroom
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Franziska Bellinger (University of Cologne)
Link to unisono registration
3 AE
July 16, 2026
4-8 p.m.
ONLINE
SHORT WORKSHOP Impulses for gender-reflective pedagogy and dealing with anti-feminism in schools
Katharina Debus (speaker, consultant and author in the field of pedagogical education, among others)
Link to unisono registration
5 AE

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

Please register for the individual events in unisono(registration deadline: 1 week before the respective event date). This does not include the kick-off event on April 30, 2026, which you can attend without pre-registration. For online events, all admitted participants will receive the Webex access data by email after the deadline on the day before the event date.

Certificates of attendance for the respective individual events can be issued on request. Please send an e-mail to lehramtplus@zlb.uni-siegen.de for this purpose . If you are interested in a certificate of attendance for the event series, you can send a request for an overall certificate to the same e-mail address if you have attended at least eight events. Attach the certificates of attendance you have collected to your e-mail request. Optionally, you can also have your certificates with the corresponding work units (WU) credited for the LehramtPLUS certificate
certificate.

If you have any questions, please send an e-mail with the subject "Manosphere - Antifeminisms in Schools" to the organizing team at lehramtplus@zlb.uni-siegen.de.

ORGANIZERS

The event series was organized by students for students as part of the project funding "Besser studieren!" with the support of the LehramtPLUS coordination.

Project funding "Besser studieren!"
Orga team can be contacted by e-mail:
lehramtplus@zlb.uni-siegen.de
LehramtPLUS coordinator:
Anna Majda
E-mail: majda@zlb.uni-siegen.de